Week in Review: October 26 - 30 (le français suit)
On Monday, Leader of the Green Party of Canada Annamie Paul came in second in the Toronto Centre by-election. She received 32.7% of the vote, representing a 25% increase in her support from the 2019 federal election and the highest ever result for the GPC in Ontario.
Up for debate in the Chamber this week was Bill C6, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code to Include Provisions that would Limit the Negative Impacts of Conversion Therapy in Canada. The Act would ban conversion therapy for youth up to age 18. For adults, the practise would be banned only if it is being forced on someone against their will. Green MPs took every opportunity to urge their colleagues that the same protections afforded youth from this bill should be extended to adults. Jenica explained in a speech that, at any point in life, someone could be coerced into undergoing this “treatment” in exchange for being accepted by their family. Paul and Elizabeth pushed their colleagues to consider a total ban on conversion therapy.
This week, Jenica passed her first amendment as a Member of Parliament. Out of nine proposed amendments on Bill C3, which would require judges to receive training in sexual assault law, four were written by Jenica, and one of hers passed. Jenica’s amendment would require that Indigenous representatives be included in consultations to design the seminars for judges that Bill C3 creates, addressing sexual assault law and social context. Other amendments passed at committee ensure that ‘social context’ includes the realities of systemic racism and systemic discrimination. Jenica also gave a speech on Bill C7, the amended Medical Assistance in Dying legislation. She made it clear that the Green Caucus supports the amended legislation, which allows for advance directives.
Elizabeth pressed the Prime Minister to increase Canada’s diplomatic presence to help diffuse the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. This conflict is currently escalating in the Nagorno Karabakh region, and is being fuelled by military aid sent from Turkey and Israel to Azerbaijan. During adjournment proceedings, Elizabeth also engaged in debate regarding her question on racism in the RCMP, specifically in the context of the dispute between Mi’kmaq and non-Indigenous lobster fishers in Nova Scotia.
In Paul Manly’s question on Friday, he asked the government to address the situation of freighter anchorages in the Southern Gulf Islands, where large freighters have been disturbing residents and the area’s fragile ecosystem far past the Interim Protocol deadline.
In case you missed it, last week Elizabeth participated in the Scaling Up 2020 Conference, usually held in Ottawa. She spoke on a panel called Paris: Getting to a Green & Just Recovery. You can watch a recording of the discussion here.
Key Moments
Question Period and Member’s Statements
Statements and Press Releases
In Their Own Words
Petitions
E-petitions open for signature
Good Sunday Morning – January 10
January 10th, 2021
Good Sunday Morning – Jan 3
January 3rd, 2021
Good Sunday Morning – December 13
December 13th, 2020
Good Sunday Morning – December 6
December 6th, 2020
Good Sunday Morning – November 29
November 29th, 2020
Green MPs Elizabeth May and Jenica Atwin recognized in Maclean’s 12th annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards
January 13th, 2021
Green Party condemns steady erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong
January 6th, 2021
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul calls on Prime Minister to Convene Emergency First Ministers Meeting on the Humanitarian Crisis in Long-Term Care
January 5th, 2021
Green Party urges government to move swiftly and implement all Calls to Action recommended in report from TRC
December 17th, 2020
On fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, Green Party says Canada still a long way from meeting its most basic obligations
December 12th, 2020
On the edge of disaster. On the fifth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Global Greens call for action not celebration
December 11th, 2020
‘Twas just weeks before Christmas…
December 9th, 2020
Elizabeth asks Environment Minister to close Basel Convention loophole
December 9th, 2020
Elizabeth’s statement on the 50th anniversary of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
December 7th, 2020
Green Caucus letter to Mins. Bains and O’Regan re: Small Modular Reactors
November 9th, 2020
Green Caucus stands in solidarity with pro-democracy protests in Bulgaria
September 14th, 2020
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